A major IT outage reportedly linked to the antivirus software Crowdstrike has caused chaos for businesses across the world.

The global software issue has forced many banks, airlines and broadcasters to go offline, and caused many Windows computers to crash suddenly.

In a post on its website, Crowdstrike said: "Crowdstrike is aware of reports of crashes on Windows related to the Falcon Sensor."

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